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Unhealthy trend: Student obesity surges to 15.3%
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Unhealthy trend: Student obesity surges to 15.3%
August 26 12:20 AM
Unhealthy trend:
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A different route for boys
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A different route for boys
JCF Cadet Academy combats truancy, other challenges with discipline, mentorship
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
August 26 12:18 AM
A different route for boys
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Kabaka Pyramid’s Rebel Music gets new life
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Kabaka Pyramid’s Rebel Music gets new life
August 26 12:16 AM
Kabaka Pyramid’s
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‘RAIN DELAY’ FOR JCA AGM
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‘RAIN DELAY’ FOR JCA AGM
Cricket association elections pushed back to October
August 26 12:12 AM
Bennett says JCA’s rescheduled voting AGM set for October
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Discriminatory or necessary?
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Discriminatory or necessary?
Strong views on JTA suggestion of compulsory PTA meetings for PATH beneficiaries
Anthony Lewis | Observer Writer 
August 26 12:09 AM
Discriminatory or necessary?
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Audit confirms JMDA concerns
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Audit confirms JMDA concerns
Alicia Dunkley-Willis | Senior Reporter 
August 26 12:09 AM
Audit confirms JMDA concerns
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JDF applies military muscle to Merl Grove repairs
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JDF applies military muscle to Merl Grove repairs
RENAE OSBOURNE, Observer staff reporter, osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 26 12:07 AM
JDF applies military muscle to Merl Grove repairs
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MP Holness wants more for Mavis Bank Health Centre
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MP Holness wants more for Mavis Bank Health Centre
Health minister wary
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 26 12:06 AM
Member of Parliament for St Andrew East Rural Juliet Holness has appealed to the health ministry to improve aspects of the Mavis Bank Health Centre in...
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11 years after decriminalisation, ganja use complicating mental health care
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11 years after decriminalisation, ganja use complicating mental health care
Cannabis features heavily among patients with psychosis and schizophrenia
DANA MALCOLM, Observer Online reporter, malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 24, 2026
Eleven years after Jamaica decriminalised ganja, the use of the substance features heavily among patients presenting with psychosis and schizophrenia....
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Dr Aggrey Irons has died
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Dr Aggrey Irons has died
May 24, 2026
Prominent consultant psychiatrist Dr Aggrey Irons has died. Observer Online understands that Irons passed away on Saturday evening. He was 74. Irons s...
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Bellevue Hospital confirms patient’s death
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Bellevue Hospital confirms patient’s death
February 16, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Bellevue Hospital has confirmed that a patient died on its compound on Monday, February 16, 2026. In a media release, the hospital...
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Abandoned for decades: Bellevue CEO Suzette Buchanan calls for greater family support
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Abandoned for decades: Bellevue CEO Suzette Buchanan calls for greater family support
BRIAN PITTER Observer writer 
February 13, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica —During a recent tour of Bellevue Hospital, Chief Executive Officer Suzette Buchanan highlighted the urgent need for increased famil...
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Bellevue Hospital warns of post-holiday depression spike
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Bellevue Hospital warns of post-holiday depression spike
January 16, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — With the holiday spirit fading, decorations coming down and lights dimming as the reality of the new year and returning to work se...
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Bellevue Hospital urges families to bring loved ones home for Christmas
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Bellevue Hospital urges families to bring loved ones home for Christmas
December 15, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica –As Jamaicans prepare to celebrate the Christmas season, Bellevue Hospital is calling on families to visit their relatives who are a...
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‘Choose Life’
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Bellevue Hospital leads national call for suicide prevention
September 15, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — State-run mental facility, Bellevue Hospital, joined the global observance of World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10, with a...
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Lack of fit-for-purpose facility for mentally-ill offenders continues to pose challenges
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Lack of fit-for-purpose facility for mentally-ill offenders continues to pose challenges
DANA MALCOLM, Observer Online reporter, malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com 
July 7, 2025
A witness to Mario Deane’s deadly beating in 2014 said during his testimony that inmates had dubbed as the “unsound mind cell” the lock-up that Deane ...
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Unhealthy trend: Student obesity surges to 15.3%
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A different route for boys
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JCF Cadet Academy combats truancy, other challenges with discipline, mentorship
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
August 26, 2026
A different route for boys
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Kabaka Pyramid’s Rebel Music gets new life
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Kabaka Pyramid’s Rebel Music gets new life
August 26, 2026
Kabaka Pyramid’s
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‘RAIN DELAY’ FOR JCA AGM
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‘RAIN DELAY’ FOR JCA AGM
Cricket association elections pushed back to October
August 26, 2026
Bennett says JCA’s rescheduled voting AGM set for October
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Discriminatory or necessary?
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Discriminatory or necessary?
Strong views on JTA suggestion of compulsory PTA meetings for PATH beneficiaries
Anthony Lewis | Observer Writer 
August 26, 2026
Discriminatory or necessary?
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